Railway-tie.



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APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, I915- 1 ,21 9,9 1 1 v v Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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JOHN BRUNNER, OF NAPOLEON, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 12, 1915. Serial No. 27,579.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BRUNNER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Napoleon, in the county of Ripley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway cross ties, and aims to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction and operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway cross tie in which the use of spikes for securing the rails to the ties is entirely dispensed with.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway cross tie in which the seats for the rails are universal, thereby insuring proper positioning of the rails at all times.

Referring to the drawings;

Figure l is a side elevation of the cross tie showing the rails in cross section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; 7

Fig. 3 is a-longitudinal sectional view;

Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view on the line H of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the rail securing members;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cross tie, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the looking key.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the reference character 1 designates the cross tie, which is formed of cast metal, and is preferably made solid if desired.

The top face of the cross tie is provided near each end with an integral lug 2, each of said lugs extending upwardly from the top face of the tie, and projecting toward the central portion thereof. These lugs 2 are undercut as at 3 to form means for receiving the base flanges 4 of the rails as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The top face of the cross tie is provided with a rectangular recess 5 which terminates at a point beneath the inner ends of the lugs 2, the bottom wall 6 of said recess also terminating at this point. By this construction a short wall 7 is provided which serves as a partial support for the rail.

To secure the rail in place the locking members 8 shown in, Fig. 5 are employed, these locking members having an integral hollow, although it may bev h1g9 on their upper face which latter is under cut at 10 to receive the base flange of the rail. The body portion of these locking members 8 is rectangular and of a size equal to that of the recess 5 in the cross tie, and is adapted to be received therein as shown in F ig.'3. One, end of the body. of the looking members is cut out as at 11 to form a reduced portion 12 said reduced portion fitting under the portion the cross tie, and the shoulder formed by cutting the portion away as at 11 is adapted to engage with the vertical edge of the aforementioned portion 7, and that portion 13 adjacent the shoulder 11 is adapted to engage the bottom face of the rail.

- The opposite end of each of the locking members 8 is provided with a shoulder 14 and a reduced portion 15 which reduced portion terminates in a shoulder 16 and pro- Vides a second reduced portion 17. On one of the locking members 8 these vertical shoulders and reduced portions are formed on the top face while on the opposite looking member 8 they are formed on the under face as shown in Fig. 3. That locking memher which has the vertical shoulders and reduced portions provided on its under face is provided with a vertical shoulder 17 on its top face, and projectingupwardly from the reduced portion formed by the shoulder 17 is an integral lug 18, and projecting upwardlyfrom the reduced portion 15 of the opposite locking member is an integral lug 19. These lugs are both square in form and are adapted to receive the squared openings 20 and 21 respectively'of a locking key 22. Y Y p In assembling the device the rails 25 are first positioned under and the locking members arethen inserted into the rectangular recess 5 in the tie. The

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looking members are then moved l0ngitudi V nally of the tie until the integral lugs 9 thereof pass over the base flanges of the rail as shown in Fig. 3. When the locking members have been moved to this position the vertical shoulders 11 thereon will engage the portion 7 of thetop wall of the cross tie, and that portion 12 of the locking members will project beneaththe top face of the cross tie and aid in supporting the rail.

With the parts in the above described position the key 22 is placed with its open ings 20 and 21 in engagement with the lugs 18 and 19 respectively and when in this position the locking members are secured against movement relatively to the cross tie.

By this construction it will be seen that a tie is provided which obviates the use of spikes in securing the rails thereto and at the same time the rails may be readily removed therefrom by simply removing the locking key 22 and the locking members 8.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed and desired to protect by Letters Patent is:

A rectangular hollow cross tie having a rectangular recess in its upper face, integral rail engaging lugs oppositely disposed on the ends of the cross tie and terminating at the ends of the recesses, sliding locking members mounted in the recesses and having their outer ends projected beneath the rail engaging lugs and in contact with the un- Copies of this patent may be obtained for der face of the top wall of the head and their inner ends overlapping, said inner ends of the locking members having connecting recesses formed in then upper faces, lugs projecting upwardly from said locking members through these recesses, a plate seat- JOHN BRUNNER.

Witnesses:

CLYDE Lo'rno, EARL C. HERTENSTEIN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

